Samuel Scherrer Explained

Samuel Scherrer
Birth Date:1997 3, df=yes
Height:184cm (72inches)
Country:Switzerland
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:92 kg
Event:Freestyle

Samuel Scherrer (born 15 March 1997) is a Swiss freestyle wrestler. He is a two-time silver medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. He also won a bronze medal at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Career

In 2020, Scherrer won the silver medal in the 92kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.[1] [2] [3] In the final, he lost against Süleyman Karadeniz of Turkey.[1]

In the same year, Scherrer also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 92kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4] [5] In March 2021, he competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6] He was eliminated in his first match by Radosław Baran of Poland.[6] A month later, Scherrer won the silver medal in the men's 92kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.[7] [8] In May 2021, he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[9]

Scherrer competed in the 97kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[10] He also competed at the 2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria and in the 97kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia. In the same year, Scherrer also competed in the 97kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[11]

Scherrer competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[12] He was eliminated in his first match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[12] Scherrer also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.[13]

Achievements

YearTournamentVenueResultEvent
2020European ChampionshipsRome, Italy2ndFreestyle 92kg
2021European ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland2ndFreestyle 92kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 European Wrestling Championships Results. United World Wrestling. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf. 12 April 2020. 12 April 2020.
  2. News: Shefferd. Neil. Chamizo wins battle of the champions as Russia take two golds on final day of European Wrestling Championships. 16 February 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 26 March 2020.
  3. News: Erözden. Can. Turkish wrestler Karadeniz becomes European champion. 16 February 2020. Anadolu Agency. 26 March 2020.
  4. Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf. 18 December 2020. 18 December 2020. United World Wrestling.
  5. News: Shefferd. Neil. 17 December 2020. Russia claim four freestyle golds as UWW Individual World Cup continues. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 March 2021.
  6. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
  7. News: Shefferd. Neil. 21 April 2021. Russia claim three more golds on day three of European Wrestling Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 22 April 2021.
  8. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425200427/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf. 25 April 2021. 25 April 2021. United World Wrestling.
  9. Web site: 2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf. 9 May 2021. 9 May 2021. United World Wrestling.
  10. Web site: 2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. . 18 September 2022 . 18 September 2022 . United World Wrestling.
  11. Web site: 2023 World Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231104205225/https://d3u2kdyvfaxwhl.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-09/final-book-2023-senior_world_championships_and_og_qualif.pdf?VersionId=Vw6R1se4WK.11kPw_YnsfzZdbwCSiIiI . 4 November 2023 . 4 November 2023 . United World Wrestling.
  12. Web site: 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf . 8 April 2024 . 8 April 2024 . United World Wrestling.
  13. Web site: 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf . 14 May 2024 . 14 May 2024 . United World Wrestling.

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